Comparison

Bluetooth Inspector vs SimpleBugTracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bluetooth Inspector

Explore nearby Bluetooth devices and examine their services and characteristics. View real-time signal strength, battery levels for your own devices, and identify model names. Extract software versions and read or write characteristic values.

Highlights
  • Real-time signal strength and device information
  • Apple device battery level monitoring
  • Device model identification
  • Software and firmware version extraction
  • Read and write characteristic values
  • Characteristic value history
  • Log and export data
  • Background scanning with Live Activity
Features
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Discover nearby Bluetooth peripherals and inspect their services for information and characteristics. • View information and signal strength for all peripherals and devices, updating in real time as you move around. • Get battery level for your own Apple devices — no need to install the app on all your devices. • See model identification broadcast by devices around you, mapping device identifiers to the marketing name. • Extract software and firmware version strings from devices broadcasting this information. • Read any characteristic's value, even for services not well known and are custom to the device being interrogated. • Write characteristic values back to the peripheral as string, numeric or hex. • See a history of the value of a characteristic since the session started, timestamped to when the value changed. • Log found peripherals, services, characteristics and values, and export a .log file of timestamped events for your analysis. • Shortcuts integration with actions for scanning and interrogation, enumerating services and characteristics, and reading values. • Background scanning by advertised service IDs with device count mapped by location found and status shown in a Live Activity. Get support @grgarside or georgegarside.com/apps/bluetooth-inspector Constant use of Bluetooth connectivity can drain your device's battery. Bluetooth connectivity is only used when this app is in the foreground and up to a few seconds after being backgrounded to safely disconnect from peripherals being interrogated, unless Background Scanning is enabled in the app and the Live Activity is running.

About

SimpleBugTracker

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Manage your issues on multiple Apple devices (macOS, iOS) and keep data in sync: - Your data is saved on your device and your iCloud account only - Manage multiple products which individual issue categories and product versions - Add attachments to issues - Add information for release notes (fix version, release note text) - Send mail to reporter and delegated person directly from app Pro version features (in-app purchase): - Import and export all issues as CSV file with attachments and use with other tools - Auto-export all issues on startup as daily backup (optional) - Issue statistics with filter for products, categories and status - Configurable status report as CSV file or e-mail attachment - Generate fixed issue list for release notes

Screenshots

Bluetooth Inspector4 screens
SimpleBugTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Bluetooth Inspector at #38 against SimpleBugTracker's unranked. SimpleBugTracker's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SimpleBugTracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, SimpleBugTracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Bluetooth Inspector versus SimpleBugTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth InspectorSimpleBugTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#38 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideMatthias Santer

Bugs and requests

Bluetooth Inspector

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to refresh device list without reinstalling
  • Inconsistent behavior when selecting devices
  • Mapping feature not functioning as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to rename detected devices
  • Option to filter or hide known devices
  • Integration with device location tracking
  • Support for other wireless protocols (Wi-Fi, etc.)

SimpleBugTracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bluetooth Inspector

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
1 purchases

SimpleBugTracker

One-time1
  • Pro Version$8.99

Questions

Is Bluetooth Inspector free?
Bluetooth Inspector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimpleBugTracker free?
SimpleBugTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluetooth Inspector or SimpleBugTracker have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Inspector nor SimpleBugTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluetooth Inspector or SimpleBugTracker?
Bluetooth Inspector ships an update monthly, and SimpleBugTracker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Bluetooth Inspector was updated on September 30, 2026 and SimpleBugTracker on September 9, 2026.

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